Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-04-07

number of tne big vineyards in that To-
cality. Only one remains, the Dewein,
from which the owner last year sold
$500 pounds of grapes, and made 800
gallons of wine. 1t il eleven acres In ex-
tent
While removing raft from the river
at Dubuque, March 81, workmen found
the disfigured body Of man. 1t is
thou, ait the floater got under the raft
some distance above and came down with
1t. The description compares with that
Of Chris Lanes, who mysteriously disap
peared from Leclaire in January.
A couple of weeks ago pair of
fellows of smart appearance and pleasant
address came to Charles City, with the
announcement that they were going into
the painting and paper hanging business
on large scale. They signed the Union
House register as Bob White and Joe
Smith. The firm name was ]. A. Smith
& Co. They leased Mr.. Hildreth's cor
ner store and proceeded to paint and
otherwise fix it up. Large quantities Of
goods were delivered, and all was going
on swimmingly. At this stage an agent
for one of the Chicago firms which had
been shipping goods to J. A. Smith &
Co., appeared upon the scene. He sup
posed the wares had been sent to the well
known lumber dealers of that city, whose
credit is gilt edge. When he learned
that they were not dealing in paper, ETC.,
he was astonished. A large rat was ap.
parent in the meal sack. The bogus firm
was interviewed. The result was not
satisfactory, and that night Ben White
and Joe Smith disappeared, nor have
their whereabouts since been discovered.
Then the magnitude of the steal came
out. We are informed that about $4,000
worth of goods had been ordered and
shipped from Chicago. OF these about
81, 900 worth were left in the Hildreth
building, while the balance had been re-
shipped at the depot to dealers in many
of the small towns of northern Iowa.
Des Moines has a woman chicken
thief named Lint, who has been discov-
cred doing wholesale business. With
the assistance of her two sons and team
attached to a lumber wagon she would
journey through the country at night
depicting hen roosts with expert neat
ness and dispatch.
On the afternoon of March 80, a tough
named Sam King, without any apparent
cause or provocation, shot and danger.
ously wounded two men in Des Moines.
King was roaming about partially under
the influence of liquor, and entered
shanty at the corner of West Market
and Sixth street. There were in the
structure two men, named Joe Whisen:and
VIM. Smith. King cody took out re-
volvcr, remarking, Il am going to sh DOT
somebody" and discharged the weapon
at the two men. Whisen was shot through
the bowels, and Smith through the leg.
The assassin was arrested. The surgeon
thinks Whisen will die.
Ex-Governor Sherman, 1t Is authorita-
lively stated, will remove to Waterloo,
and take the presidency of a fire insurance
company that has been organized in that
city by leading capitalists.
The little town of Wilton is certain
that boring for oil will be successful
and is raising a subscription of $4,000.
for which Pennsylvania oil borist will
probe the earth to the depth 5000 feet.
The fast mail train on the Chicago,
Burlington g. Quincy road recently made
the run from Ottumwa to Creston in two
hours and thirty-seven minutes. The
distance is els miles and the time includes
several stops.
Send sixteen cents in stamps to Paul
Morton, G. P. & T. A., G., B. & @. RR.,
Chicago, ILL.,, and get copy Of the Pro-
nouncing Dictionary published by the
Burlington route 1t contains 800 pages.
$4,000 words and $40 engravings, and is
the cheapest book issued.
People who travel always want to take
the shortest line to their destination. pro-
gided that line can offer as good accom-
modations as its rivals. The Wabash,
St. Louis & Pacific Short Line Is not
only the shortest and smoothest line be-
tween St. Louis and all parts Of the west
and northwest, but II is as elegantly
equipped as any railroad in the world.
One can 60 long ways without seeing
as handsome trains as those running on
the Wabash.
The G. A. r. boys of Griswold will
celebrate the event of Lees surrender.
Parade, reunion, festivities and spec.
tacular entertainment in the evening will
call for q full holiday of amusement.
Along the entire southern tier of coun.
ties of the State, seeding has begun.
Saloon licenses yielded 14,416.75 dur.
ing the fiscal year lust ended at Du.
buque.
Drug stores at Cedar Rapids are report
ed as doing big business in whisky.
The trial of John L. Porter for the
killing of Mrs. Jameson. at Fl. Dodge,
was concluded March 90, by the return
of the jury after twenty-five hours DELHI
Grafton with verdict of manslaughter.
Mrs. Jameson was shot Sept 10, 1884, by
some one who entered her home while
her husband was away, and attempted
robbery. She tried to prevent him and
drew q revolver he secured and then shot
her dead Soon after Porter was arrested
on suspicion, and has just been tried
with the result named. The case has
been very exciting and has been holly
contested, with able counsel on both
sides.